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| Australia's Marence Labushin tops the Test batsmen rankings. |
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the latest Test cricket rankings, with Australian players taking the top three spots in the batsmen's rankings.
Australia's Marinus Labushin leads the Test batsmen's rankings while teammate Steve Smith has moved up to second.
Also in the final of the ICC World Test Championship, "player of the game" Travis Head managed to move up three places to reach third place.
In the list of bowlers, Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is first, while English fast bowler James Anderson is second.
If we look at the all-rounder rankings, India's Ravindra Jadeja is at number one while his compatriot Ravichandran Ashwin is at number two.
What is surprising about this new ranking is that for the first time in the history of cricket in 39 years, the top three places in the batsmen's rankings are occupied by players from the same team.
In early December 1984, West Indies batsmen Gordon Greenage, Clive Lloyd and Larry Gomes occupied first, second and third positions respectively.
New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson is fourth on the Test batsmen list, while Pakistan captain Babar Azam is fifth.
England batsman Joe Root is sixth in the batsman rankings while New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell is seventh. Dimuth Karunaratne of Sri Lanka is eighth while Australian batsman Usman Khawaja is ninth and Indian all-rounder Rishabh Pant is tenth. is e
In the Test bowlers' rankings, Australian captain Pete Cummins is third and South African speedster Kagiso Rabada is fourth. Likewise, Pakistani bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is in fifth place, while English sportsman Oli Robinson Brajman is sixth. it's
Australian off-spinner Nathan Line is seventh, Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is eighth, Ravindra Jadeja is ninth and England bowler Stuart Broad is tenth.
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| India's Ravindra Jadeja is also ranked ninth in the ICC Test bowlers' rankings. |
In the all-rounder's list, Ravindra Jadeja is first, Ravichandran Ashwin second and Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan third.
India's Akshar Patel is fourth in this ranking while England's Test captain Ben Stokes is fifth.
In the overall Test rankings, West Indies' Jason Holder is sixth, while West Indies' Kyle Mears is also seventh.
Similarly, Australia's Mitchell Starc is eighth, Joe Root ninth and Pat Cummins tenth.
